Summertime means prime wedding season, and if you are preparing to head down the aisle as a June bride, congratulations! It’s one of the most exciting times of life, and it deserves to be celebrated. I am amazed when I read the Old Testament to see that tucked between other stipulations such as dietary and…
I had many things on my list to happen in 2010, but buying a house was not one of them. My husband and I fully expected to start our lives together in an apartment, which we did for the first seven months of our marriage: in a little shoebox apartment with a vintage claw foot…
When two people join in holy matrimony they bring a collective financial history with them. Well, in our case, collective is the wrong word. The only thing my wife and I collected was debt. In this respect, my wife and I have always been a perfect match: We both believed in spending money. Until debt…
“Ding Dong, Ding Dong!” The bells toll their melodic tune over and over again, and it is music to my ears. It is an invitation to pause and recall the gift of the Christmas season. As I look up, there is a man standing there with a white beard, Santa hat, and a big grin…
For six months of our engagement, my fiancé (now-husband) was for all practical purposes unemployed. Zach had moved to Pennsylvania for the opportunity of a coaching position, which was more of a stipend arrangement than a salaried position, and in the end even the stipend didn’t pan out. He lived hand to mouth on a…
